Find the least value of so that is a product of three consecutive natural numbers.
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It is known that the product of three consecutive natural numbers is always divisible by 6. Its means the product of 1 3 × 1 9 × n must be divisible by 6.
Putting n = 6 × k
1 3 × 1 9 × n ⇒ 1 3 × 1 9 × 6 × k
⇒ ( 1 3 × 3 ) × ( 1 9 × 2 ) × k
⇒ 3 8 × 3 9 × k
Now clearly k can be replaced by either 3 7 or 4 0 . Since we are required to find the least value, we will replace k by 37.
Hence the required value of n will be
n = 6 × k = 6 × 3 7 ⇒ 2 2 2